Be sure your child has a library card.Look for opportunities in everyday places to build your child’s vocabulary.Ask your child to think about what the message of a story may be or what he or she learned from an informational book or article.Ask your child to retell a story in his or her own words by telling what happened first, second, third, etc.Discuss those words and how they add to what the writer is saying. Pick out words that might be new to your child or words that have multiple or complex meanings. Read to your child and have him or her read to you every day for at least 15 minutes.
Helping Your Child Learn O utside of School To take a deeper look at each unit go to: Atlas: Kindergarten ELA The Ann Arbor Public Schools uses Units of Study by Lucy Calkins and Ann Arbor-created Genre Studies as it’s core writing resources. It includes whole group mini-lessons, time for children to write individually, and time for writers to share their writing with each other. The K-5 writing program is based on the Writer's Workshop model. The K-2 resource is Guided Reading by Fountas and Pinnell and Literacy Continuum by Fountas and Pinnell. Reader’s Workshop includes five key literacy practices: (1) Interactive Read-Aloud, (2) Mini-Lesson, (3) Guided Reading, (4) Literature Study, and (5) Independent Reading. This guide offers highlights of kindergarten learning, rather than an exhaustive list.īalanced Literacy addresses K-5 Michigan English Language Arts Standards through Reader’s Workshop. The information provided below is meant to outline some of the specific learnings your kindergartener will be engaged in this year. We hope the information you find here assists you in supporting your child while s/he is learning important skills and concepts throughout the kindergarten year. Welcome to the Ann Arbor Public Schools Family Pages.
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